Tag: Odisha Coronavirus

Odisha Government today released names of senior IAS officers who have been entrusted with various specific responsibilities to effectively manage COVID-19 situation in the State.

Bhubaneswar: With 33 West Bengal returnees testing positive for COVID-19 in a span of only a week, Odisha government is using mobile tracking to trace the persons who visited or have returned from the neighbouring state during the lockdown period, officials said on Saturday. Using technology to trace the West Bengal returnees is another strategy […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre extending the nationwide lockdown for two more weeks, relaxations will be granted to districts based on their risk profile. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today came up with a fresh list of COVID-19 hot pockets, distinctly categorising them as Red, Orange and Green Zones for a focused management of […]

Bhubaneswar: A sudden spike on Saturday saw Jajpur emerging as the worst affected COVID-19 district in Odisha with the total number of coronavirus positive cases reaching 48 in the district. While so far only one patient has recovered, rest 47 are active cases at the hospital. With this, Jajpur has surpassed Khurda (47) district in […]

Bhubaneswar: Seems like the government’s decision on migrant influx has undone all the good work done by the residents of Ganjam district. A place which was nowhere in the COVID map until May 2, became red in 3 days and ‘redder’ in less than a week. Twenty four new positive cases have been reported from […]

Bhubaneswar: The migrant influx from the n-CoV hotbeds, particularly Gujarat (Surat), West Bengal, Kerala, TN and Karnataka, seems to have unsettled the COVID management by the State administration to a large extent. Reportedly, the first lot of Odia migrants from Surat reached Ganjam district on April 30. As on May 2, Odisha’s recovery rate was […]

Bhubaneswar: The growth of COVID-19 infection in India seems to be flattening, and has been more or less linear this week. While a faction of States ensured that there is a noticeable downward trend of the growth curve, cases scaling up drastically in few other States have to a point botched up the expected flat […]

Bhubaneswar: Many denizens erupted in joy after capital city Bhubaneswar was declared COVID-free on Monday. The ‘premature’ celebrations, however, did not last long as just hours later two locals were tested positive for the contagious disease. State Health & Family Welfare Department today revealed about the two new cases detected in Bhubaneswar. One of them […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 141 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the State’s tally to 2245. The fresh cases include 110 from quarantine centres and 31 local cases. While Ganjam district reported highest 27 coronavirus cases, 26 cases were detected in Khurda, 19 in Nuapada, 13 in Kendrapara and 10 in Jajpur, according to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday reported 2698 new virus cases taking its overall tally to 72718. The State’s death toll due to SARS-nCoV infection also rose to 390 with 10 more patients succumbing to the disease on Friday. Virus cases continued a downward trend in Ganjam with the district registering 162 cases. This is the first […]

Bhubaneswar: The total recovered cases of novel-Coronavirus in Odisha touched 235763 after 2775 more patients recuperated from the disease on Wednesday. As per information by the State Health department, maximum number of Covid-19 recoveries were reported from Khordha where as many as 500 patients were declared free of the virus. Apart from Khordha, a total […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Capital of Odisha on Tuesday logged 229 new cases of Covid-19 taking the total virus infections in the city to 27441. 182 are local contact cases while 47 infections have been reported from quarantine in the last 24 hours. With 307 new recoveries, the total number of recovered cases in the capital […]